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I've run the elevation configuration tool. And airports like KSEA are now in the "enabled" column. But KSEA is all peaks and valleys meaning something is wrong. Same problem with KWVL (Waterville Maine - pictured below). Enabled/applied or disabled/applied, no changes. Any ideas?

My account bringing up P3DV4 says Vector is up to date, but I notice on the configuration tool, it only says P3D V3??

Are you running the configuration tool from the FTX Central window ? (click on Vector, click on control panel) And of course after running the auto config, are you clicking apply ? Mine is Vector 1.52, and says P3D 4.

I've got 1.52, but I was looking at the dropdown, and there's nothing there but P3D V3. Doubt that is the problem, must be in the library somewhere. I've worked with Vector a lot, with BWEP, I have to disable a lot of things, have made lists of them for folks, etc. Just can't get this one to "respond." I am hitting the apply button (which is easy to forget).

OK, Problem solved! When the new vector was put in, it did not make a NEW icon for the Configuration Tool. So on my desktop, the OLD shortcut icon was there from them, and it was pointing to my P3D V3 version. The new installation did not make a new shortcut icon. So I took out the old icon, and put in a new one that points to the V4 version of Vector.

I don't remember putting it there, I thought this came with an earlier installation of FTX Central. Anyway, that was the problem. Nick asked me to go to the actual folder where it was and try to start it ... it worked ... and that's when I realized the shortcut was pointing to the wrong place.

Works now.

So only IS3 (if they ever get around to a 64 bit program base) and VFR-Flight and it will be working as before, only better.

Yep, that's what happened to me. And I was using P3D V3. So that icon it put there was pointing at V3. Since it put the icon there last time, I assumed this was a new icon with the new install. And whe PNW I clicked in it, off to V3 I went. Should have killed the shortcuts. Easy mistake to make as one is coming over from V3 to V4. Got to remember to kill that V3 shortcut, V4 isn't making a new one.

Are you running the configuration tool from the FTX Central window ? (click on Vector, click on control panel) And of course after running the auto config, are you clicking apply ? Mine is Vector 1.52, and says P3D 4.

As I said "are you running the app from the FTX Central Window." Sheesh.

Kind of aggravating. The shortcut was put there by the ORBX installation of the previous FTX Central. I've used that shortcut a hundred times ... getting BEWP and HAWAII "disabled", etc. So it was a "go to" for the Configuration Tool. Airport of of whack? Hit the Vector Config shortcut and fix it. Automatic. I had never used the shortcut inside FTX Central, frankly didn't even know it was there. So when I re-installed the new FTX-Central, I figured they put the shortcut icon back for it like it was before. So when I went to change Vector this time, I went to the shortcut as I have since FTX Central came out. They should not have installed a shortcut for it in the previous issue, that would have made people go "inside" for the link. Oh well, its done and its fixed.